Here are 9 interesting stats you should know about Swansea and Arsenal prior to kick-off later this afternoon:
1. Arsenal suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Fulham in their last Premier League outing, with Laurent Koscielny on the score sheet for the Gunners.
2. Mikel Arteta covered the most ground in the game against Fulham with 6.22 miles.
3. Often considered a-flair-over-graft side, Arsenal have been proving people wrong this season and have covered the third highest total distance as a team with 1367 miles.
4. That drive has been led by Aaron Ramsey with 129.9 miles and Mikel Arteta with 129.4 miles, the second and third highest totals for individual players in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index.
5. Swansea enjoyed a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa in their last league game, with goals from Nathan Dyer and Wayne Routledge.
6. Routledge also covered the most ground for Swansea against Villa with 6.27 miles.
7. Routledge’s goal was his first in the Premier League, having had nine efforts at goal this season. He’s also completed 32 dribbles and delivered 23 crosses, leading to four assists.
8. Dyer’s goal was his second of the season in the Premier League from nineteen attempts.
9. The flying midfielder has also covered 88.62 miles for Swansea so far this season and completed 57 dribbles, the fourth highest total in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index.
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